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μάχη

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: μάχη μάχης

Structure: μαχ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: ma/xomai

Sense

  1. battle, combat
  2. quarrel, strife, dispute
  3. contest, game
  4. battlefield
  5. (logic) contradiction, inconsistency

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative μάχη μάχᾱ μάχαι
Genitive μάχης μάχαιν μαχῶν
Dative μάχῃ μάχαιν μάχαις
Accusative μάχην μάχᾱ μάχᾱς
Vocative μάχη μάχᾱ μάχαι

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • τετρακισμύριοι εὔζωνοι εἰσ μάχην διέβησαν ἐναντίον Κυρίου εἰσ πόλεμον πρὸσ τὴν Ἱεριχὼ πόλιν. (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 4:13)
  • μὴ ἔστω μάχην ἀναμέσον ἐμοῦ καὶ ὑμῶν. ἥξω ἐν ἀνδράσιν ὀλίγοισ, ἵνα ὑμῶν ἴδω τὰ πρόσωπα μετ̓ εἰρήνησ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 7:28)
  • καὶ συνῆψα πρὸσ αὐτὸν μάχην, καὶ συνετρίβη αὐτὸσ καὶ ἡ παρεμβολὴ αὐτοῦ ὑφ̓ ἡμῶν, καὶ ἐκαθίσαμεν ἐπὶ θρόνου βασιλείασ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 10:53)
  • μὴ πρόσπιπτε εἰσ μάχην ταχέωσ, ἵνα μὴ μεταμεληθῇσ ἐπ̓ ἐσχάτων. ἡνίκα ἄν σε ὀνειδίσῃ ὁ σὸσ φίλοσ, (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 25:8)
  • καὶ ἔστι φίλοσ μετατιθέμενοσ εἰσ ἔχθραν καὶ μάχην ὀνειδισμοῦ σου ἀποκαλύψει. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 6:9)

Synonyms

  1. battle

  2. quarrel

  3. contest

  4. battlefield

  5. contradiction

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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